| Champ Clark Bridge | |
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The Champ Clark Bridge looking east |
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| Carries | 2 lanes of US 54 |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Louisiana, Missouri / Atlas Township, Pike County, Illinois |
| Maintained by | Missouri Department of Transportation |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Total length | 2,286 feet (697 m) |
| Width | 20 feet (6 m) |
| Longest span | 418 feet (127 m) |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Daily traffic | 3,900 |
The Champ Clark Bridge is a five-span truss bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana, Missouri with the state of Illinois. It carries U.S. Route 54 northeast to Pittsfield, Illinois, where U.S. 54 terminates.
The bridge is named after James Beauchamp Clark, a former Speaker of the House from Bowling Green, Missouri. Clark served as Speaker from 1911 to 1919.
The bridge is narrow, allowing for two lanes of traffic on a 20 feet (6 m) deck. It was built in 1928. The bridge, originally painted silver, was repainted deep green in 1983, and repaired in 1999. In 2005, the Missouri Department of Transportation again rehabbed and repainted the bridge, replacing the green color of the bridge with gray. The bridge is 2,286.4 feet (697 m) in length. The span over the main channel of the Mississippi River is 418.5 feet (128 m) in length.
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